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Lot# 5154 - Auction 321-332

  • Lot# : 5154 Mauritius

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    1848: POST PAID 2 d. blue on white paper, position 1 on the sheet of 12 subjects, used on cover to Calcutta, dated 2 July 1849, good to very large margins, tied by circular bar grid cancel in black, with 'Mauritius Crown GPO' datestamp in black alongside, to reverse a 'Calcutta / Ship Letter / 1849 / JY 30 / Inland Bg. "1", Ship Do. "2", Total "3 annas", stamp exhibits the "dry" or "sticky" impression which is associated with stamps from the "EARLIEST IMPRESSION", some ink erosion to the address, however very attractive, a great rarity of classic philately with an exemplary philatelic pedigree.rnRemark: The cover was part of a 'find' of covers originating from the same correspondence, all written in the same hand, addressed to "...Dutt / Calcutta or Bordeaux", all of which bear the 2d. blue on white paper used between May and July 1849. In the "Kanai" sale it was confirmed that this example comes from a sheet, or series of sheets, printed at the same time and having the dry or sticky appearance which confirms the stamp is from the 'Earliest' Impression. rnProvenance: Collection W. S. Davy, Harmers, London, 9-10 May 1960, lot 207; Collection A.J. Stevens, Harmers, London, 15 April 1964, lot 1030; Collection Lars Amundsen, Stanley Gibbons, London, 6-8 December 1967, lot 648; Collection Hiroyuki Kanai, David Feldman, Geneva, 3 November 1993, lot 30.
    Starting bid : 15,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 38,000 CHF